IT’S been almost two years since Barisan Nasional (BN) wrested the Perak government from Pakatan Rakyat (PR) but does anyone still care to remember? And how would we choose to remember it? If, as the saying goes, “History is written by the victors”, then the history of the Perak takeover would probably go like this: […]
Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin
Perak assembly sitting passes 3 resolutions
IPOH, 2 Sept 2009: Members of the Perak state assembly from the Pakatan Rakyat (PR) today had a state assembly sitting at the Heritage Hotel here and “passed three resolutions”. The resolutions were to endorse the rights and privileges committee reports of 27 July 2009 and 12 Aug 2009, and the appointments for three committees […]
Three PR reps, photographer arrested in Perak (Updated 7.15pm)
Updated at 7.15pm on 2 Sept 2009 IPOH, 2 Sept 2009: Police today arrested three elected representatives from Pakatan Rakyat (PR) for allegedly breaching a court order that prohibited any assembly within 30 metres of the Perak Darul Ridzuan building. Police also arrested three other individuals. Malaysiakini reported that Stanley Tan, a Nanyang Siang Pau […]
Nasharuddin: Nizar did not brief party
KUALA LUMPUR, 16 June 2009: PAS deputy president Nasharuddin Mat Isa has refuted reports that top party leaders did not support Datuk Seri Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin‘s actions in Parliament yesterday that led to his suspension. “I didn’t say that I was distancing myself [from Nizar]. But how he wanted to do it, [we were] not briefed,” […]
Nizar will seek Federal Court leave on Monday
PETALING JAYA, 3 June 2009: Embattled Perak Menteri Besar (MB) Datuk Seri Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin will on 8 June, apply for leave from the Federal Court to appeal against the Court of Appeals’ judgement declaring rival Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir as the lawful MB. Nizar Nizar will apply for leave despite the absence […]
Nizar not contesting PAS vice-presidency
KUALA LUMPUR, 26 May 2009: Former Perak Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin will only contest for the post of PAS central committee member at the party’s general assembly next month, and not the vice-presidency. PAS election committee chairperson Datuk Mustafa Ali, who announced the list of candidates today, said the vice-presidency would see […]
Hunger strike — Is it haram?
PETALING JAYA, 25 May 2009: The Perak Pakatan Rakyat (PR)’s plan to stage a three-day hunger strike calling for the dissolution of the state assembly, has come under fire from certain quarters who say it might be haram. An Utusan Malaysia article today quoted two state muftis as terming the practice as “haram” for Muslims. […]
“I’m not the menteri besar of the court”: Zambry
IPOH, 25 May 2009: Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir said today he was not “the menteri besar of the court” who did not have the support of the Perak people as claimed by Kelantan Menteri Besar Datuk Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat. Taking a swipe at the PAS spiritual leader’s remark on […]
Courts don’t decide who will form state govt
BUKIT MERTAJAM, 23 May 2009: Pakatan Rakyat (PR)’s embattled Perak Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin said it is the people, not the courts, who will ultimately decide who will form the state government. Nizar said this to reporters at an impromptu press conference outside the nomination centre for the Penanti by-election this morning. […]
Zambry wins in MB vs MB case
PUTRAJAYA, 22 May 2009: Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir is the lawful menteri besar (MB) of Perak after the Court of Appeal ruled today that the sultan of Perak was right in finding that Datuk Seri Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin had lost the confidence of the majority of state assemblypersons. The appellate court set aside […]
